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Grading


Grading

1. The standardized grading system used in all courses offered by the College of Nursing is as follows:

 

2.  No course required for the Nursing major may be taken on a Pass/Fail basis except as designated by the College of Nursing.

3. Clinical Evaluation Tool: All students who are completing clinical courses will be evaluated using a course-specific Clinical Evaluation Tool (CET). Please see Appendix B for a sample CET format.

4. The University Policy for incomplete grades will be followed:

Students who are unable to complete course requirements within the allotted time because of severe medical or personal problems may request a grade of Incomplete from the instructor of the course. Incompletes are warranted only if a student is passing the course at the time of the request and if the course requirements can be completed by the end of the following semester.

Instructors who turn in a grade of "INC" are required to leave a written record of the following information with the departmental office of the academic department under which the course is offered: (1) the percentage of work completed, (2) the grade earned by the student on the completed work, (3) a description of the work that remains to be completed, (4) a description of the method by which the student is to complete the unfinished work, and (5) the date by which the work is to be completed. In the case of an independent study where the entire grade is determined by one paper or project, the instructor should leave with the department information pertaining to the paper or project that will complete the course. To avoid subsequent misunderstanding, it is recommended that the student also be provided with a copy of this information.

Grades of Incomplete will be counted as F’s until resolved and will, if not resolved by the end of the following semester, automatically be converted to an F. Faculty wishing to extend this deadline must write to the Registrar’s Office stipulating a specific date by which the Incomplete will be completed.

Students are not permitted to re-register for a course in order to clear an Incomplete.

Requests for grade changes from INC to Y, from INC to a grade, from NR to a grade, or from a blank to a grade require the signature of the instructor only. In situations where an instructor has permanently left the employ of the University, the department chair or head (or designee) may change an INC to a final course grade after reviewing the information on student performance originally provided by the instructor at the time the INC was submitted and completing an evaluation of the makeup work of the student. Changes of an INC grade by the chair or head (or designee) require the signature of the Academic Dean in the College of Nursing. This procedure would normally be used only in cases where the original course instructor cannot be contacted, or the instructor refuses to evaluate the makeup work of the student or to provide an opportunity for the student to make up the missing work.

The College of Nursing states that if the course for which a student has received an Incomplete is prerequisite to another course, a grade of C or higher must be recorded before the student proceeds. In any event, contracts for completion are required when an INCOMPLETE is registered for the course. When the GPA is considered for honors, INC grades are detrimental to the CGPA.

5. Repeated Courses: Students may repeat a course for which they have received grades of C-, D+, D, or F. The grades received in both the original course and the repeated enrollment will remain on the student’s record. Students may not enroll in a course more than twice without the approval of their Academic Dean.

6. American Psychological Association 7th edition -- APA style is the official style in citations for College of Nursing papers. For more information, please see the APA website at: http://www.apastyle.org.

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